…inordinately high number of hate crimes in Russia. The US also claims that Russian authorities downplay hate crimes committed in Russia as minor criminal offenses and thus effectively discourage victims…
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…democratic society.” Social Science & Medicine 49.6 (1999): 801-814 Kon, Igor S. “Sexual culture and politics in contemporary Russia.” http://www.nedug.ru/:Mediko-Farmatsevticheskaia Informatsionnaia Sluzhba<http://www.nedug.ru/lib/lit/sex/01oct/sex65/sex1.htm>. Greenall, Robert. “Russia turns spotlight on abortion.” BBC…
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…Russian Empire. By 1823, it was liquidated into the larger Russian Karabakh Province. Russian tax surveys revealed that while Azerbaijanis were a majority in Karabakh—almost two-thirds in 1845—the mountainous districts…
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…250 years of unchecked Russian expansion. Their fear was further aggravated by a Russian policy of attempting to draw all lands holding Orthodox Christians under the Russian flag, and still…
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…The Russian term narod emphasizes the ethnicity of the Russian people, and differentiates between citizens of the Russian state (regardless of ethnicity) ethnic Russians (narod) [3] Allensworth, Wayne. The Russian…
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…oil prices, and collapse of the ruble that landed Russia’s economy in crisis. With the largest economy in the union floundering, and Crimea arguably an illustration of Russian encroachment on…
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…nomadic lifestyles. Russia’s conquest of Siberia was impressively quick, sweeping from the Urals to the Pacific in just over a half century, creating the Russian Empire. Settlement was then encouraged…
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…Russia’s import substitution requirements, drew up a list of approved suppliers that included no Russian companies. However, the Russian technology firm Rostec announced in 2019 that it would begin producing…
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…the race, he will be one of the youngest candidates running at just 31. Further, his appeals ruling will likely be delayed until ballots are cast. Vlad Filat, once…
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…that they must be Russian. Russia has reinforced their military base in Sevastopol with men and equipment and ran military exercises in western Russia. While such exercises are strategically understandable…
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…maintaining information on accessing archives on our Russian Archive Guides. Researching in Russian Regional Archives 30-July-2024 As is often said, Russia is not Moscow – or even St. Petersburg. Life…
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…have improved, with the US providing aid to improve transport links to Afghanistan and push against drug and human trafficking from Afghanistan. Russia’s state-owned Gazprom controls Uzbekistan’s pipelines. Russia is…
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…one side lays Western Europe (Germany and France). The other side has historically been dominated by Russia. Every major European conflict from Napoleon to WWII has used Poland as an…
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…within easily discernible boarders. The area is also home to significant Russian, Kashgarian, Kipchak, Bukharan Jew, and Romani minorities. The city’s geographic location has encouraged the comingling of nomadic herders,…
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…as a united nation. Russian Rule Sweden’s Baltic empire faced opposition from all sides. In 1700, a coalition of Denmark- Norway, Poland, and Russia all invaded, one after the other….
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…Armenia and Russia, Armenia still sees its fortunes as tied, in many ways, to Russia. Armenia joined the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union in 2015 to secure lower gas prices and…
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…the most influential men in Moldova. As Chairman of the Democratic Party (which leads the current ruling parliamentary coalition) and a wealthy businessman, he maintains extensive connections within Moldova’s government…
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…2011), http://www.rferl.org/content/russia_belarus_kazakhstan_plan_economic_union/24395264.html. Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus Promise Eurasian Union Not to Become New USSR, Gazeta.kz (Nov. 22, 2011), http://engarticles.gazeta.kz/art.asp?aid=352668. Russia Saves Strongman Lukashenko from Complete Isolation, http://english.pravda.ru/russia/economics/14-11-2011/119610-russia_belarus-0. Scott Rose, Kazakhstan…
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…Khiva khanate, which was then contested between the larger powers of Britain, Russia, and Persia. Russian Empire Russia made incursions into Turkmen territory from at least the 18th century. These…
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…in 2004, administered prices made up 13% of the Russian CPI and 10.9% in the Czech Republic.[6] Consistent with an LME emphasis on the rule of financial institutions and the…
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